Thomas Bacak

I did not know your family came from Czechoslovakia as well.  So important how we connect the dots in life, as it brings out the deepest meanings. And I am glad the information was helpful to you.  You never know what will help someone reconcile with the loss of others.  Even after decades of not being in touch, there seems to be this very deep connection to those we bonded with in our early years.

Also a classmate of Tommy in the same first grade in St. Elizabeth’s, just in the last month, I had been thinking of Tommy when I was watching documentaries of WW2 that mentioned Czechoslovakia.  I remember the nuns informed us in a proud way that Tommy’s family was from Czechoslovakia , which always interested me.

I wondered if I could find any thing on what he might be doing presently, so I googled him only to find the news clippings of the accident with he and his brother, James, and sister in law, Irene, and the one-line obit that also included loving tributes from his son and nephew. 

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/thomas-bacak-obituary?pid=194389902

Oddly, and sadly for the family losing three brothers so close together, another brother of their family, Hank Bacak, had died on October 19 2019, less than three weeks earlier.  His obit is also available and gives some family history.

 https://www.northdallasfuneralhome.com/obituary/18214/

All apparently fine people who will be missed. May the remaining family find solace in their faith and families.